- AUDICA v1.0.3 Update Notes - 7 February 2020
Hey everyone, We just pushed out a hotfix for AUDICA! Please see below for a list of fixes for AUDICA on Steam: Fixed display error of aim assist percentage on the song results screen when using the ‘50% Aim Assist’ modifier and custom aim assist settings. Custom gun models now display properly in-game. The game will now properly pause when you take off your headset (for all headsets). Thank you!
- New AUDICA Content Update and DLC Now Available! - 28 January 2020
We are excited to say that AUDICA is now officially available on the Oculus Quest! Alongside today’s Oculus Quest launch, we’ve also released a new content update and DLC across all platforms. Keep reading for more information on what you can expect to see next time you fire up AUDICA! AUDICA 1.0.2 Update Alongside the Oculus Quest launch, a new update for AUDICA is now available! Inside this update, you’ll find new features, fixes, and tweaks. We want to thank our awesome community for helping us with their suggestions and feedback along the way. Let’s dive into what’s new in this update: You can now enable modifiers from the Campaign during Solo Play and Group Play. Try out invisible guns, a gradually ramping tempo, and more! You will still be able to post scores to the leaderboards with modifiers enabled. There are now options to sort the Song List in Solo Play and Group Play. A new…
- AUDICA DLC Pack 03 - Now Available! - 19 December 2019
AUDICA players, ready your blasters. DLC Pack 03 is now available for AUDICA with these 5 playable tracks: The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – “Don’t Let Me Down” Dua Lipa – “New Rules” Nicki Minaj – “Starships” Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar – “The Greatest” Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey – “The Middle” These five new tracks bring us to a total of 15 playable songs available as DLC for AUDICA. Don’t forget to pick up AUDICA DLC Pack 01 and AUDICA DLC Pack 02, or the AUDICA 2019 Season Pass to add these 10 songs to your AUDICA library: 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood” Ariana Grande – “Into You” Billie Eilish – “bad guy” Fall Out Boy – “Centuries” Imagine Dragons – “Believer” LMFAO – “Sorry For Party Rocking” Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger” OneRepublic – “Counting Stars” High Hopes – “Panic! At The Disco” Post Malone – “Better Now” https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190210/AUDICA_201…
- AUDICA DLC Pack 02 Now Available - 27 November 2019
AUDICA players, are you ready to be blown away by our next DLC pack? Hits from Fall Out Boy, LMFAO, Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, OneRepublic, and Panic! At The Disco are now available! The five tracks you can start playing today are: Fall Out Boy - “Centuries” LMFAO - “Sorry For Party Rocking” Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - “Moves Like Jagger” OneRepublic - “Counting Stars” Panic! At The Disco - “High Hopes” AUDICA DLC Pack 02 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1190210/AUDICA_2019_Season_Pass/ Missed out on previous AUDICA DLC news? Don’t forget to pickup AUDICA DLC Pack 01 featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone!…
- AUDICA – Introducing DLC Pack 02 - 25 November 2019
AUDICA players, are you ready to be blown away by our next DLC pack? Hits from Fall Out Boy, LMFAO, Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera, OneRepublic, and Panic! At The Disco are coming to AUDICA! The five playable songs you’ll be able to play starting this Wednesday are: Fall Out Boy - “Centuries” LMFAO - “Sorry For Party Rocking” Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera - “Moves Like Jagger” OneRepublic - “Counting Stars” Panic! At The Disco - “High Hopes” AUDICA DLC Pack 02 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! Missed out on previous AUDICA DLC news? Don’t forget to pickup AUDICA DLC Pack 01 featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone!
- AUDICA v1.0.1 Update Notes - 7 November 2019
Hey everyone, Thank you for all of the love and support since AUDICA’s official launch on Tuesday! Today we’re releasing a small update to address some of the issues the community has been experiencing. Here’s the list of all fixes in v1.0.1: Early Access leaderboard flair is now showing up for everyone who played AUDICA before launch. Fixed an issue where “Bodhisattva” and “Lazer Priest” achievements were unachievable. The requirement to unlock these achievements is to Gold Star or 5-Star all songs, respectively. For those of you who have already met those requirements but did not get the achievement, you will receive it after Gold Starring / 5-Starring any song after installing this update. Fixed an issue where certain visuals were missing from the LIV mixed reality camera view. Fixed an issue that could occur when replaying the finale sequence which prevented returning to the main me…
- AUDICA v1.0 Update Notes – Campaign, New Environments, Blasters, Songs and More! - 5 November 2019
Hey everyone, AUDICA has officially launched! Over the past few weeks we’ve been working hard on new features, environments, and playable songs for you to experience in the full release of the game. Additionally, DLC is now available to be purchased to expand your AUDICA library even more! There’s a lot to check out in v1.0 of AUDICA, so let’s jump in: Campaign Mode – AUDICA’s campaign mode has you playing through the entire core soundtrack across multiple difficulty tiers. Each tier features a handful of unique challenges for you to complete in order to successfully pass. The campaign mode leads up to a very special grand finale. We’ll leave it to you to complete the campaign and experience it for yourself! New Environments and Blasters – AUDICA now features even more environments and blasters for your experience and equip. You can unlock them by playing through and completing tiers in…
- AUDICA – DLC Pack 01 Now Available! - 5 November 2019
We’re kicking off AUDICA DLC with a five-song pack featuring hits from 5 Seconds of Summer, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Imagine Dragons, and Post Malone. Equip your blasters and get ready to climb the leaderboards on the following songs: 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood” Ariana Grande – “Into You” Billie Eilish – “bad guy” Imagine Dragons – “Believer” Post Malone – “Better Now” AUDICA DLC Pack 01 can be purchased for $8.49. All five playable tracks can be purchased individually for $1.99. The AUDICA 2019 Season Pass can be purchased for $19.99 to automatically receive all 15 DLC tracks coming to AUDICA this year! Ready to play? Purchase AUDICA DLC on Steam
- AUDICA – Post-Launch Content Roadmap - 4 November 2019
Hey everyone, Two weeks ago we talked about all the things you have to look forward to with the launch of AUDICA 1.0, including a full campaign, more customization options and the full 33-song soundtrack to name just a few. Today, we wanted to give you an idea of what you can expect to see coming to the game in the weeks and months ahead – more great and challenging tracks for you to add to your AUDICA music library. Starting on launch day, we will have five additional playable songs available for you to add to your song library and our plan is to release a total of 15 DLC tracks by the end of the year. These releases include chart-topping songs from some very well-known artists. The first five playable tracks you can expect to play starting tomorrow are: 5 Seconds of Summer – “Youngblood” Ariana Grande – “Into You” Billie Eilish – “bad guy” Imagine Dragons – “Believer” Post Malone – “B…
- AUDICA - The Road to 1.0! - 25 October 2019
Hey everyone, It seems like it was just yesterday when we released AUDICA into Early Access. Now we're approaching the official release of AUDICA and can’t wait to get the full game into your hands. You, the AUDICA Early Access community, have been hugely instrumental in making this game special. You’ve performed feats that we never imagined, posted scores we never thought possible, and provided feedback that helped us shape and improve AUDICA over the course of Early Access. So it only felt right that we give you a sneak peek at what’s to come in this release. There’s a lot to look forward to, so let’s dive in! Campaign Mode Over the past couple of months, you may have heard us reference a campaign mode across various live streams, Discord messages, and even in the backlog on our Trello board. With the 1.0 release we will be adding this long-awaited feature! AUDICA’s campaign mode will…
- AUDICA v0.4.1 Update Notes – Borderlands Guns, Streamer Improvements, and more! - 26 September 2019
Hey everyone, AUDICA version 0.4.1 has arrived! To celebrate the recent launch of Borderlands 3 we have partnered with our friends over at Gearbox Software to bring a Maliwan Pistol from the Borderlands universe into AUDICA! Check them out in action in the video below and then be sure to equip them the next time you boot up AUDICA: This update also includes higher quality audio mixes, revamped in-game calibration, additions and changes to some features for content creators, and more! Let’s jump into all the details of what’s included in v0.4.1: New blasters available! You can now equip and blast beats with a Maliwan Pistol from the Borderlands universe. Find them in the settings menu under customization. Interactive Calibration – It’s now easier than ever to sync up visuals and audio in-game with new interactive calibration tools for both. We have also changed how calibration numbers wo…
- AUDICA v0.4.0 Update Notes - New Songs, Achievements, Temporal Aim Assist, and much more! - 28 August 2019
Hey everyone! AUDICA version 0.4.0 is now available! This update is a hefty one and features new songs, achievements, gameplay adjustments, and more! ELYXR “Eye for an Eye” is now available as part of AUDICA’s core soundtrack - for those who don't know, ELYXR is a band by Harmonix fan favorite, Kasson Crooker! In addition, ProtoPip’s award-winning entry to the Community Maps Contest now appears as the official Expert-level map for “Decode Me” by Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto. Congrats again ProtoPip! https://youtu.be/_b1Bua7u4U4 In addition to new songs, this update also adds achievements for you to chase and earn, major adjustments to scoring and how we calculate aim, and new authoring for Beginner difficulty. The changes introduced in today's AUDICA update are intended to make the entire AUDICA gameplay experience more approachable for players of all skill levels, w…
- AUDICA v0.3.2 - New Song: "Highway to Oblivion" by DragonForce + More! - 30 July 2019
Hey everyone! AUDICA update v0.3.2 has arrived, bringing with it the most challenging track in AUDICA history - a brand new single from DragonForce that is not for the faint of heart. Playable in AUDICA the same day it was released to the world, DragonForce’s new single, “Highway to Oblivion”, will be a true test of your skills and endurance. Clocking in at just under 7 minutes, this brutal track will test the limits for players of all difficulty levels. If seven minutes of blasting beats is too challenging for you, no need to worry, there's also a standard AUDICA length version available. Here’s the full list of what’s included in this update: New song: DragonForce – “Highway to Oblivion” Standard version can be found in the song list. Full-length album version can be found in the "Extras" section of the song list. The full-length version does not contribute to your Total Leaderboard s…
- AUDICA v0.3.1 Update Notes - Cue Dart System Improvements and More! - 16 July 2019
Hey everyone, Today's AUDICA update (v0.3.1) brings a few gameplay tweaks and adjustments. Most notably, we've enhanced the Cue Dart system to help you sight-read targets in your peripheral vision as well as during complex moves, such as cross-overs. Here's a full rundown of the changes made in v0.3.1: Target Telegraph Improvements: The Cue Dart system has been revamped. Cue darts now have a "pre-glow" element to make anticipation easier and improve sight-reading. Target speed on Expert has been increased 15% to make dense authoring easier to read. The Telegraph "ring" animation has been adjusted to make rhythms easier to read. Cue Dart speed is now unaffected by the Target Speed setting. You can adjust the new Cue Dart settings in the "Gameplay" section of the Settings menu. Added hand smoothing to reduce controller jitter. Smoothing amount can be adjusted in the "Gameplay" section of…
- AUDICA v0.3.0 Update Notes - New Songs, Group Play, Leaderboard Improvements, and More! - 28 June 2019
Hey everyone! Today we’re releasing v0.3.0 of AUDICA. This update is jam-packed, adding two brand new songs to the core soundtrack, as well as some sweet new features including Group Play with local leaderboards and more. Also, as a reminder, in our last update we included an in-game VR Map Creator! We also kicked off our Community Maps Contest. There’s still time to create a map for “Decode Me” by Inter:sect ft. Noelle LeBlanc and Naoko Takamoto. Get all of the contest details on our blog: http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/audica-community-maps-contest-create-maps-win-prizes Let’s jump into today’s release notes! The two new songs available to play in Audica today are: Feed Me - “To the Stars” ORION - “Time For Crime” https://youtu.be/y_Dv1cFUQ28 New features, updates, and bug fixes: Group Play - You can now play Audica with a group of friends, in-person, and keep track of everyone’s s…
- AUDICA v0.2.1 Update Notes - New Songs, In-Game VR Map Creator, and more! - 10 June 2019
Hi everyone, Today we're excited to be releasing v0.2.1 of AUDICA. This update brings two brand new songs to the core soundtrack, as well as an in-game VR Map Creator! To celebrate the launch of this feature, we're also kicking off a month-long contest for our amazingly talented creator community to do what they do best - create amazing Community Maps! For more details on this, read our blog at http://www.harmonixmusic.com/blog/audica-community-maps-contest-create-maps-win-prizes The two new songs available to play in Audica today are: Mason vs Princess Superstar – "Perfect (Exceeder)" Zedd ft. Bahari – "Addicted To A Memory" Additionally, today's update brings the following features, updates, and fixes: In-game VR Map Creator - Shoot along to any song in-game to make your own Community Map! Share your completed Maps with the community in our Discord server, or bring the file into Reape…
- AUDICA v0.2.0 Patch Notes - 24 May 2019
Hey everyone! We’re releasing v0.2.0, which comes with two new core soundtrack songs as well as some exciting environment and blaster upgrades and support on the Oculus Rift S and Windows MR headsets! Additionally, if you create your own custom gun and avatars models you can now add them into the game! As always, share your thoughts and feedback in our official Discord or on our social channels. Let’s jump into the nitty gritty: New Songs “Break For Me” by James Landino ft. Noelle LeBlanc “Resistance” by Knife Party Environments and Blasters Upgrades – They are more vibrant, dynamic, and reactive to your gameplay! The environment is much more lively for those watching your spectator camera view. Added recoil and sustain animations to blasters. Streak Changes – The penalty for missing a target is no longer as drastic. Multipliers will now decrease by 1 for each miss, instead of a full re…
- AUDICA v0.1.8 Update Notes - Practice Mode and More! - 10 May 2019
Hi everyone, We're excited to be releasing v0.1.8 which among other updates and fixes brings a widely requested feature to AUDICA: Practice Mode! We're looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it, so be sure to share your feedback with us in our official Discord server (Discord.gg/Harmonix) or on our social channels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKCzag5r6Ak Here's a look at everything that's been added, changed, and fixed in v0.1.8: Practice Mode – The first version of practice mode is here! Slow down and loop challenging parts of songs and work your way towards that full combo. You can enable Practice Mode right before starting any song or at any point in the song from the Pause screen. A slider has been added to allow you to reduce aim assist. We’re running an experiment to see if our high-level players enjoy playing with reduced aim assist for a more challenging experience. Kee…
- AUDICA v0.1.7 Update Notes - New Songs, Gun Slinging, and Tutorial Updates! - 1 May 2019
Hey AUDICA players, Today’s AUDICA update brings some new features, changes, and best of all new music to the AUDICA soundtrack! The two new songs available to play in AUDICA today are: deadmau5 – HR 8938 Cephei KNOWER – Overtime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6Z8pd_koMA The 0.1.7 release also brings several new or improved features: Improved Gun Slinging – Hold the thumbsticks left or right (or click the thumbpad left or right on Vive) to activate gun slinging moves. Holding the thumbstick inward allows you to twirl the gun like before, but now you can flick your wrist to control the twirl speed and direction. Holding the thumbstick outward allows you to let go of the guns. Add some momentum before doing so to toss them away into space! To return them to your hand, simply let go of the thumbsticks and they’ll boomerang right on back to you. Tutorial Updates – The tutorial is now brok…
- AUDICA v0.1.6 Update Notes - New Songs, Song Previews, and More! - 18 April 2019
Hey everybody! Today we’re excited to add two brand new songs to AUDICA! Today’s release brings AUDICA’s soundtrack to a whopping 16 songs, with plenty more on the way. The two new songs available today are: 3Lau ft. Ninja – “Game Time” M-Cue – “Predator” In addition to new songs, AUDICA’s 0.1.6 release brings a handful of changes including: Song Previews – You can now hover over a speaker icon on the song list to hear a preview for that song. Community Maps Improvements: Added "Mapper Mode" option to the settings to allows you to start playing at a later point in the song, to make it easier to test targets later in the song. Let melee targets be affected by grid offset so community mappers can experiment more with melee target placement. Included authoring for all difficulty levels in the "example_maps" folder. Minor updates to mapping tools. Scoring Tweak - Shots with perfect aim now…
